November 2, 2017

Artificial intelligence is starting to seep into many aspects of healthcare and life sciences. There’s no revolution yet---but there may well be in the next few years.

Computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning are being used to analyze patients’ genomes, medical images, behavior, and other big data. But A.I. technologies still face challenges in terms of business models, regulations, and patient privacy. Which strategies are successful companies, big and small, using to bring artificial intelligence to healthcare? What is the impact and timeline for patients and doctors? And will A.I. systems enhance or replace jobs?